17 January 2011
Lucas Mebrouk Dolega
Other non-natural
A French photographer covering street protests in Tunisia has died from head injuries sustained on 14 January when he was struck by a tear gas canister, his family said.
Lucas Mebrouk Dolega, 32, was in Tunis for the European Pressphoto Agency (EPA), covering the protests that led to the ouster of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
'Lucas, a French photojournalist, died carrying out his passion and his job as a result of an injury inflicted by a blow to his head from a tear gas canister on Friday, Jan 14," his family said in a statement.
France's foreign ministry said Dolega's death was "deliberate homicide", adding that there was no justification for a disproportionate use of violence towards demonstrators or journalists.
